As reported on October 24, 2023 by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAZ) The United Aircraft Corporation (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has manufactured and handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense the next new multifunctional Su-35S fighters. The fighters underwent a cycle of ground and flight tests in various operating modes and flew from the KnAAZ airfield to their duty station.
One of the third batch of new Su-35S fighters built by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAZ) transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in September 2023 PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation". The side numbers are retouched (from) PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation"
At the same time, for the first time, photo and video materials with the transferred aircraft are not distributed.
"Our aircraft manufacturers have reached a good pace of production of combat vehicles and are transferring them to the Russian Aerospace Forces in a timely manner. This is not the last delivery of aviation complexes this year. The Su-35S is one of the main fighters in service with the Russian army and enjoys well-deserved success. This super-maneuverable aircraft can perform a wide range of tasks, has the ability to use the entire range of existing and promising models of aviation weapons," Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation, is quoted in a UAC press release.
From the bmpd side, we point out that, thus, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Gagarin Aviation Plant (KnAAZ) has transferred the fourth batch of Su-35S fighters this year to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
Earlier this year, the Russian Aerospace Forces have already received three batches of Su-35S fighters of the new KnAAZ construction - the first on June 23, the second on July 13 and the third on September 28. The number of Su-35S fighters transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Russia in all batches of this year is not reported, and the on-board and registration numbers of Su-35S aircraft in the officially distributed UAC video and photographic materials are retouched, although it can be recognized that the on-board numbers of Su-35S aircraft of the first two batches were blue.
In the previous 2022, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin handed over seven Su-35S fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces - three in September and four in December.
Presumably, the Su-35S fighters that have now been transferred were manufactured within the framework of the fourth contract concluded in 2021 by the UAC for the supply of Su-35S aircraft to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. It is possible that this contract includes 24 aircraft with delivery by 2024. Presumably, the first four fighters under this contract were handed over to the VKS in December 2022 and, apparently, had blue side numbers "04", "05", "06" and "07". Presumably, in 2023, up to 12 Su-35S aircraft will be delivered under this contract, of which, presumably, ten units have been transferred in total to date.
Prior to that, under the three previous contracts of 2009, 2015 and 2020, the Russian Aerospace Forces received 104 serial Su-35S aircraft from 2012 to 2022, and taking into account the four sides delivered under the new contract in December 2022, by the beginning of 2023, the Russian Aerospace Forces received 108 serial Su-35S.
